>>955957>Old Paris was supposed to be a medieval maze until Napoleon said "fuck this" and commissioned an urban planner, gave him carte blanche, and then destroyed everything that didn't fit the plan and had all the infra re-built in the plushest way possible.>>956003>Haussman went back to Paris and wanted to do this exact thing, pitched it to the Napoleons, and we don't know if he added this part or if they imagined it themselves, but it would work GREAT for mobilizing armies and marching them down the streets to suppress uprisings. Because good luck getting troops through the maze fast.It was Emperor Napoleon III (1848-1870), the guy who also invaded Mexico and lost to Bismark's Prussia.
